Count Rahad of Assab

Count Rahad of Assab (851-909) was the count of Assab from 866 to 909.

Biography
Rahad was born in 851 to a Sunni Muslim family of Ethiopians, the House of Assabi. In 866 he became the count of Assab, and he was possibly the first Muslim ruler of Assab; the last recorded ruler's accession was Wedem Asfara of Abyssinia in 775. Rahad reigned until his death in 909. The next recorded ruler would be Count Zeyd of Assab.